Interface CodeProvider

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, CodeLoader, CodeNode, CodeWithContext

All Known Subinterfaces:

CodeContext, CodeSource

public interface CodeProvider
extends CodeNode, CodeLoader, AutoCloseable

Abstract interface used to retrieve CodePackages and CodeTypes. Common parent of CodeSource and CodeContext.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()
CodeType	getRequiredType(String qualifiedName)
default CodeName	parseName(String hierarchicalName)

Methods inherited from interface CodeLoader

getType, getType, getType

Methods inherited from interface CodeNode

getParent

Methods inherited from interface CodeWithContext

getContext, getSource

Method Details

parseName

default CodeName parseName(String hierarchicalName)

Parameters:

hierarchicalName - the hierarchical name as plain String to parse. E.g. a qualified name or a part of it.

Returns:

the parsed CodeName.

getRequiredType

CodeType getRequiredType(String qualifiedName)

Parameters:

qualifiedName - the qualified name of the requested CodeType.

Returns:

the requested CodeGenericType. Typically CodeType.

Throws:

io.github.mmm.base.exception.ObjectNotFoundException - if the type was not found.

close

void close()

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable